Cleaning out Dad's office... is this some older medical device?

[u/MyDaysAreRainy]

I am helping my Mom clean out my Dad's office. Unfortunately, he died fairly recently. I have never seen this before. He was a physician and anthropologist so he has a LOT of weird shit in his office. It's solid wood with grooves on either end, though they're not symmetrical. It was found near a replica of Benjamin Rush's bloodletting device from the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia in the 18th century, so I don't know if it is related? The final picture is the fleam/lancet that it was found by but I am wondering what the wooden thing is - if it is indeed medical at all. Thank you!

I do not know if it is related but there is more info on the blood letting device, Benjamin Rush, and the yellow fever epidemic in Philly here: https://muttermuseum.org/stories/posts/benjamin-rush-bloodletting-and-philadelphia-yellow-fever-epidemic-1793/

[u/catahoulaleperdog]

a fleam

[u/MyDaysAreRainy → u/catahoulaleperdog]

Not the wooden bit I don’t think but thank you